"We were offered a choice to be ethical or make money and we chose the money again"
barkingspiders
joined 2 years ago
there should be awards for doing math on the internetz, here's the best I can do 🏆
Earl LeRoy "Buddy" Carter is an American pharmacist and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 1st congressional district since 2015. The district is based in Savannah and includes most of the state's coastal southern portion. - Wikipedia
Born: 1957 (age 67 years), Port Wentworth, GA
Office: Representative (R-GA 1st District) since 2015
Education: University of Georgia (1980), Young Harris College (1977), Groves High School (1975)
thanks Georgia, your representative is an idiot
this really needs more circulation because too goddamn many people still believe his PR
rules for thee but not for meeeeeeee
I got all excited cause I saw that Linus had a mastodon account and I went to follow and saw that I already followed and he hasn't posted since early last year..... ah well, good on ya 2023 Torvalds
legit, been following them more closely for a couple years now and they seem to do solid investigative journalism, I wish they had the budget to do more, people should donate!
you're a good uncle and he's lucky to have you, thanks for sharing your story
I used to work at a tobacco shop and I've seen a lot of pipes and this is definitely a pipe but I couldn't guess where it's from. There are a lot of pipes and pipemakers out there. There are experts out that there that could probably work it out but I'm certainly not one of them.
I would check very carefully for a makers mark, most pipes have a make and model imprinted somewhere or the name of the carver. Often near the bottom of the bowl or along the stem near the bowl.
The stem looks like it was made by hand later. It's clearly a different piece of wood and finished differently. Leaving the bark on like that is unique and not very common. I would assume the original stem broke and the owner made their own. This may be why you haven't found a maker's mark as it might have been on the original stem. It's a neat piece and looks to be in great condition. Nice find!
Can't lie, I definitely miss the old reddit look, I might set up a personal instance